Public should have greater input into health decisions
THE chairman of the British Medical Association's Scottish Consultants Committee, Dr Lewis Morrison expresses concern about the centralisation of some hospital services, though it is unfortunate that genuine concerns by patients should be interpreted as their "wanting homeopathy on every street corner" ("SNP's pledge to keep NHS local is dishonest'", The Herald, June 20).
The Scottish Health Campaigns Network came into being as a direct result of the concerns felt by communities over plans by health boards to reduce local services. Planned closure of Accident and Emergency units in Fort William, Monklands and Ayr were eventually rescinded. Similarly, the proposal to close in-patient beds at the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, the only homeopathic hospital in the UK to offer such an amenity, were abandoned in the face of opposition by patients who had benefited from the provision of this service as was the proposed loss of the consultant led maternity unit in Caithness.
Public should have greater input into health decisions
THE chairman of the British Medical Association's Scottish Consultants Committee, Dr Lewis Morrison expresses concern about the centralisation of some hospital services, though it is unfortunate that genuine concerns by patients should be interpreted as their "wanting homeopathy on every street corner" ("SNP's pledge to keep NHS local is dishonest'", The Herald, June 20).
The Scottish Health Campaigns Network came into being as a direct result of the concerns felt by communities over plans by health boards to reduce local services. Planned closure of Accident and Emergency units in Fort William, Monklands and Ayr were eventually rescinded. Similarly, the proposal to close in-patient beds at the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, the only homeopathic hospital in the UK to offer such an amenity, were abandoned in the face of opposition by patients who had benefited from the provision of this service as was the proposed loss of the consultant led maternity unit in Caithness.
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Don't show me this again.